lecture 16: mental health across the life span

Question 1

psychological forces

Answer 1

important changes in memory, intelligence, social cognition, and personality must be considered carefully because can mimic certain mental disorders

Question 2

sociocultural forces

Answer 2

influence people’s behavior and affect our interpretation of them

Question 3

life-cycle factors

Answer 3

people’s behavior at any point in adulthood is strongly influenced by past experiences and the issues they face

Question 4

ethnicity, gender, aging, and mental health

Answer 4

social disparities like differential access to health care can result in the different prevalences of mental disorders

Question 5

mental status exmans

Answer 5

screening measures of mental competence used to screen for cognitive impairment

Question 6

what is mental health?

Answer 6

state of successful mental functioning characterized by productive activities, fulfilling relationships, and the ability to adapt to change/adversity

Question 7

the “paradox of aging”

Answer 7

stable of improved socio emotional well-being in spite of some cognitive and physical decline

Question 8

isolation

Answer 8

separation from social or familiar contact, community involvement or access to services

Question 9

loneliness

Answer 9

an individual’s personal, subjective sense of lacking these things to the extent that they wanted or needed

Question 10

personal risk factors for isolation/loneliness

Answer 10

poor health, sensory loss, loss of mobility, lower income, bereavement, retirement, becoming a carer, etc

Question 11

wider society risk factos for isolation/loneliness

Answer 11

Lack of public transport, physical environment (no public toilets or benches), housing, fear of crime, high population turnover, demographics, technological changes